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Internet community makes fun of Veyron-diving incident

kirbygarlitos — 2009-11-20T17:00

Posted on 11.20.2009 17:00 by kirbygarlitos
Filed under: | funny | Bugatti Veyron | Cars | Car News

We knew that the Bugatti Veyron incident from last week drew headlines from all corners of the world. But what we didn’t expect was that a lot of people would have a field day making jokes and and selling inane items at its expense.

Two of these items that we found include a ’Pelican Repellent’ and a Bugatti Veyron AquaticAvoidanceSystem. Before you believe the validity of these items, it’s wise to put some context into them and think of these two things as nothing more than just people having fun at Mr. Alan House’s - the unfortunate driver of the Veyron - expense.

First up, we have the ’so-called’ Pelican Repellent at the Car Guy Garage website. It’s not so much that it describes the product in this light: "When it comes to pelicans, you never can be too safe. Not only can they unload a nasty stain on your new paint job, but they have been known to swoop down on drivers of fancy French cars attempting to run them off the road." Care to venture a guess how much it costs? $2 million. That’s right.

Continued after the jump.

Internet community makes fun of Veyron-diving incident originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 17:00 EST.

Blackbird ties-up with Ferrari to create carbon fiber travel guitar

kirbygarlitos — 2009-11-20T16:00

Posted on 11.20.2009 16:00 by kirbygarlitos
Filed under: Ferrari | video | car gift ideas | Cars | Car News

If you can find a car manufacturer that has had a more successful time crossing over into making mainstream items than Ferrari, then we’d love to know who it is.

The latest brainchild of Ferrari – and one that is quite a ways away from supercars – is a carbon fiber guitar, which it created in partnership with Blackbird.

The Blackbird Rider Ferrari Edition carbon fiber guitar was created by Joe Luttwas, who, incidentally, spent some years working for Ferrari. In addition to being lightweight, compact, crisp sounding, the guitar comes with some pretty noticeable designs that are well and truly inspired by the Prancing Horse, including a red interior, a red A string, and obviously, a Ferrari insignia on the head of the guitar.

Before you start fawning over this guitar, we do have to say that, unfortunately, all of the guitars – which, by the way, was autographed by Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa - have already sold out. Don’t worry though; we do have a video of the Blackbird Rider Ferrari Edition carbon fiber guitar in all its musical glory.

It’s not a lot, but hey, at least it’s something.

Press release after the jump.

Blackbird ties-up with Ferrari to create carbon fiber travel guitar originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 16:00 EST.

Biker chick waits for Christmas

Maxx Biker — 2009-11-20T15:49

Posted on 11.20.2009 15:49 by Maxx Biker
Filed under: | choppers | sexy bikers | Motorcycles | Motorcycle News

Waiting for Santa Claus is always more fun when you have one of his babes around. That’s how you know it will come to you first and, hopefully, leave without the girl and this extremely low chopper.

Biker chick waits for Christmas originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 15:49 EST.

Valentino Rossi rides dirt bike for a good cause

Maxx Biker — 2009-11-20T15:19

Nine-time World MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi has organized the Motocross dei Campioni event at Cavallara in Italy and participated at the charity run in order to raise funds and help treat children suffering of leukaemia at a hospital in Pesaro, Italy.

The event gathered more than 10.000 people, among which Andrea Dovizioso, Julian Simon, Marco Simoncelli, Loris Capriossi and Marco Melandri were the other names associated with motorcycle racing.

Looks like The Doctor is no stranger to dirt riding either, as the attached video shows.

Valentino Rossi rides dirt bike for a good cause originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 15:19 EST.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe to debut at the 2010 Detroit Show

Simona Alina, Terence Keon — 2009-11-20T15:00

Now we here at top speed have a bit of a thing for the Cadillac CTS-V ever since we had the chance to get well acquainted with the supercharged four door sport sedan. Now when we first saw the CTS Coupe concept we couldn’t help but dream that one day General Motor’s luxury brand would incorporate all of the same high performance stuff you don’t see that makes the V Series car so great into the two door version. Well Cadillac made our dreams come true when they confirmed the future CTS-V Coupe and things are looking up even more because they have just announced when we will see the 556 HP M3 obliterator. There is no better venue to show off Detroit’s finest than at the North American International Auto Show, and that is exactly where the CTS-V Coupe will make its debut.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe to debut at the 2010 Detroit Show originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 15:00 EST.

250GP concept bikes look awkward but interesting

Maxx Biker — 2009-11-20T14:32

It takes a single look at the GP racing concept bikes designed by Art Center College of Design student Jeremy D’Ambrosio to know that they’re in for some serious controversy. To begin with, they all feature leading arm front suspension and tubular aluminum cradle frames in their creator’s attempt to get rid of the patterns.

But wait to hear the interesting part: Jeremy has thought at a 250cc, four-cylinder, vertically opposed engine or even at a two-stroke class. Hit the jumps to read the designer’s statement on the 250GP concept bikes.

250GP concept bikes look awkward but interesting originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 14:32 EST.

Audi R8 crashed

Simona Alina, Terence Keon — 2009-11-20T14:00

One unlucky Audi R8 owning Californian learned what it feels like to be a piece of meat in when he unexpectedly taken from behind by a BMW 6 Series and sandwiched between it and a much larger (and heavier) Range Rover SUV. Unfortunately for the four ringed super car driver his dream car now looks like it was chewed up and spat out like a rotten piece of salami. The good part is that the Audi’s aluminum skin took the brunt of the impact and everyone inside was fine, however the worst part is that the R8’s aluminum skin too the brunt of the impact and even a slight fender bender looks like quite a bit of damage.

On the upside, if the red R8 owner’s insurance is any good and the adjuster is a nice guy, this just might be the perfect excuse to upgrade his wheels to the new 5.2 Liter V10 powered aluminum super car. Honestly there is no excuse for 4.2 Liter FSI owners to trade in their perfectly good mid engine machines, if it is a bump in output that they are after then the aftermarket already has a plethora of forced induction options that makes the old car even more powerful than the new car and combined with the V8’s weight savings should make for a more nimble machine. That is if you aren’t provided with an opportunity like this guy. This is just another silver lining on a very ominous dark cloud, it just depends on how you look at it.

Audi R8 crashed originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 14:00 EST.

Aston MArtin DB9 breaks tree in half

kirbygarlitos — 2009-11-20T13:00

At some point, our threshold for seeing exotic car crashes is going to be snapped. But until that time, we just have to stomach them and move on.

The latest victim of the lethal mix of bad driving and bad weather is an Aston Martin DB9. In this video shot in Warsaw, Poland, the DB9 was speeding along a wet road when it loses control before slamming into a tree, breaking it in half in the process.

The DB9 then spins a couple of times before resting to a stop with the fallen tree just a few feet away from the car. Imagine what would have happened if the impact of the crash forced the DB9 to stop and the tree falling on top of it.

Despite the damage done to his ride, the driver was enormously lucky not to have been crushed under a tree trunk.

Aston MArtin DB9 breaks tree in half originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 13:00 EST.

Ferrari 166 S

Simona Alina — 2009-11-20T12:00

In 1948 at the Turin Motor Show, Ferrari unveiled the evolution of the 125 S sports race car. Designed by Carrozzeria Allemano, The 166S was produced in only 3 units, all built on the same 2620mm wheelbase chassis, but featuring different design.

The 166 S was powered by a two-litre version of Colombo’s 60° V12 engine that delivered 150bhp at 7000rpm and had a compression ratio of 10.1:1.

The first two models, 001 S and 003 S were designed by Allemano and featured prominent nose grille and headlights. The first one was the winner at the 1948 Targa Florio, and the second one at the 1948 Mille Miglia. Unfortunately both models were destroyed.

Ferrari 166 S originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 12:00 EST.

Star Royal Star Venture S

Maxx Biker — 2009-11-20T11:58

Star remains a strong player on the highways with the Royal Star Venture S model, their ultimate tourer that carries on as a 2010 model year without changes, but which clearly stands out thanks to its consecrated features such as the V-four motor and five-star accommodations. The standard Royal Star Venture is stuck in 2009.

Star Royal Star Venture S originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 20 November 2009 11:58 EST.